You are your own Boss

You are your own Boss

“A man does what his society rewards him to do.” A society which rewards trust, produces leaders who are trustworthy. A society which encourages corruption at individual homes producing individuals who are corrupted. That’s the basic truth of democracy, the beauty of which allows the people of the society to elect their own reflection to govern them, which means the personnel forming the elected government is a representation of the ones who elect it.

A man who supports education single-handedly in a rural area pushes all by himself because the ruling govt of the period does not care to intervene. Students sit idle in govt schools and teachers ignoring their responsibilities are indulged in nonsensical talks and activities, now that may be either because they do not have the slightest of an idea about the future of the country that feeds them or they strongly believe that earning money for themselves is enough for the country’s future. Such people do not give a damn even if the national sovereignty is at a stake.

So, who is to blame? Laws? Corruption? Ministers? Public? But before you blame someone, let’s look at the very root where every problem needs a solution. A nation can be great only if has great citizens, and a young nation as “India” is a tremendous possibility regarding the same. So, before we blame the government, or someone else for our problems let’s try and make sure that we rectify the slightest of a role that we ourselves played in it.

It’s true that wrong committed over decades cannot be corrected overnight, but in this election, at least, we can take our first step in that direction. Many may think that what a single person can change in a “Democracy”. But we must remind ourselves, in a democratic form of government, “YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS.” It is you who decides your way of action. It is not a spectator’s sport, rather it is a participatory game, where every citizen has their own role to play.

This article is not to persuade you to follow a particular political party, but an urge to make a conscious choice in making the state a better place to live in.

Election’s at the door: Gear up

Election’s at the door: Gear up

April 4 it is (for lower Assam the date’s 11^th of April), the day when the citizens of the state will be handed the power to decide their representatives who will guide their future for the next five years. The period when you are granted their highest power in Democracy, to be the boss of your own and the region’s future. The day when you will have the power to vote.

That will be the juncture when your choice and decision will either empower you or trouble you for years to come. So, being a conscious citizen, we are to make a conscious choice of consecrating a sentient leader to ruling the state. First and foremost duty of being a citizen is to exercise your right to vote. Please Do Vote and make the ones who ­­­­­­­­­­ignore the necessity to vote, either out of ignorance or frustration, realise its importance.

But the burning question is, “Who is an apt candidate for CM?”  Most of you have surely found your own answers to the question and know what needs to be done, but even then here are a few facts which might help you to determine regarding the same:

· Over the last 15 years only three new medical colleges have been inaugurated. Jorhat, Tezpur and Borpeta. All of them have mixed reviews.

· Government claims to have connected 18000 villages with electricity but research says most of these work have only been done on paper.

·  Assam Forest department states in its website(assamforest.in) that there has been substantial growth in forest cover over the region, but the truth is large forests such as Garbhanga are slowly being depleted and people like “Jaydev Payeng”, who single-handedly planted an entire forest even when govt discarded the project near Jorhat are not recognised.

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· Schools like Parijat Academy are still surviving on volunteer help and well wishes instead of govt fundings.

·  Certain areas by the outskirts of the city do not have fresh drinkable water, especially the areas beyond Narengi and tribal locations of Maiong.

Though it is said that there has been a gradual decline of extremism within the city since the year 2000, but that is not enough. Extremists still trouble the state through its unexplored areas, and “The Secret Understandings” (Gupon Buja Buji) among the political parties on the cases of corruption are undeniable.

From the period of secret killings and kidnappings to poach the pride of Assam, the one-horned rhinoceros, extremism has shifted from one target to another.

So, we must be conscious and choose wisely because the one you choose will represent you.